black ink could either be carbon ink, or most probably a carbo-tannate based ink

Ingredients

carbon ink, iron-gall ink

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

The author describes the black ink as a 'fusion of carbon ink and iron-gall ink in set proportions and measurements' (p. 47). This carbo-tannate based ink was common in Persian manuscript traditions.

Evidence

"The main body of the text (the poetry), as well as the prose introductory pages, appear in black ink could either be carbon ink, or most probably a carbo-tannate based ink (fusion of carbon ink and iron-gall ink in set proportions and measurements) commonly used in Persia."

Remarks

The scribe, Ibn Mohsin (Hassan) Kermani, used this ink to pen the manuscript in Nasta’liq style (p. 46). The text mentions that headings were conversely penned in red ink, and a specific remark by a later owner (Barker) was added in green ink (p. 46, 47).